avalanche

avalanche

avalanche (third-person singular simple present avalanches, present participle avalanching, simple past and past participle avalanched)

1. (intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
2. (transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.

   The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.

avalanche (plural avalanches)

1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.
4. Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).

	valanga
	fall of earth, rocks, etc.
	sudden descent or influx
	large sliding mass of snow and ice
	A fall or slide of a large mass, as of snow or rock, down a mountainside.
	Grande quantità di neve o di ghiaccio che cadendo giù rovinosamente da un declivio montuoso aumenta di volume e velocità.
	Great quantity of ice or snow that falls down suddenly from a mountain slope while increasing in volume and speed.

	slavina
	large sliding mass of snow and ice

lavina

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.

Anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity (like a barrage, blitz, etc).

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.

A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.

to come down upon

Traduzione 'veloce'

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